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Bill	Dependent children: placement: nonrelative extended family member.	Existing law sets forth various placement options for children who have been adjudged dependent children of the juvenile court and removed from their homes on the basis of neglect or abuse, as specified, which include placement within the approved home of a nonrelative extended family member. Existing law defines "nonrelative extended family member" as an adult caregiver who has an established familial or mentoring relationship with the child.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 545	California AB 545 (20132014)	bill	Dependent children: placement: nonrelative extended family member.	enacted	Mitchell	7	20	6	2013-02-20	2013-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a5c80e22-2f6d-489f-8f9d-d82d24ae624a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB545	9a52287246a1660d7a0a7c3efbf923238a9245e5fcce5a75185f6026d4180900	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 545 (20132014) — Dependent children: placement: nonrelative extended family member.

Existing law sets forth various placement options for children who have been adjudged dependent children of the juvenile court and removed from their homes on the basis of neglect or abuse, as specified, which include placement within the approved home of a nonrelative extended family member. Existing law defines "nonrelative extended family member" as an adult caregiver who has an established familial or mentoring relationship with the child.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/23/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/13/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/13/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/09/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB545 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 545 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 545 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB545 Mitchell By Fuller — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Brown — coauthor (person)
• De León — coauthor (person)
• Fuller — coauthor (person)
• Gray — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1153.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-05-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1861.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2580.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
• 2013-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5c80e22-2f6d-489f-8f9d-d82d24ae624a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).